Show Quality Qualify Not Quantity Determine Profits its In Beef Cattle Business Mr James K Wallace Vallace of the Bureau Dureau of oC Agricultural Economics of the United States Department an dl W. W W. W Owens state county Agent leader lelder was in the county three days clays last week weel conducting live li stock grading demonstrations meetings wore were held at Centerfield Mayfield May Manti ManU and Mt l Pleasant Mr Wallace Vallace brought a real message to our livestock men which might be he briefly sum as follows The Thia Bureau BUTeau of Agricultural Economics which is the marketing and market reports end of ot the department department de de- de- de of A Agriculture is interested interest interest- ed primarily in two things First The Tho standardizing of oC grades of all Agricultural products in the United States so producers and traders in all any part o of the tho tho country will know what men in other parts of oC the country mean when a grade or price for Cor a grade grado is mentioned Second The live livo stock meats I and wool division of tho the Bureau Dureau Is especially interested in bringing knowledge of grades and the wilde wide widespread spread paid in the Central markets for cattle cattle- and lambs by grades to tho the ranchmen who arc are producing or feeding cattle and lambs In the past method of selling in bulk has not benefited the producer or shown him hint the tho price spread paid for LOr quality he has not had the incentive to take the bottoms bottoms bottoms bot toms out of his stock and has not been encouraged to reduce quality and get the price paid Inthe in inthe inthe the market for either stock reed feeder or fat cattle by grade quality rather rath rath- er than for bulk production of oC pounds Ten or t twelve years ago common to choice fat beef bee steers steers sold in a price spread of or around two cents per perr pound or from about four cents to lo around six cents Today Today Today To To- day the same spread in quality sells in a spread of oC over six cents or from around five and a half cents on common beef steers to eleven and a a. half cents on choice beet steers This is a possible difference difference differ differ- ence in price of per head on ona a 1000 pound steer or on a car load of 20 head Tho The better end at a profit the poorer type at a loss Dairy cattle represent 38 to 40 per cent of ot the numbers of or head of cattle in the country and the sale of boarder cows and of old cows from these will always be bea a competitor of the lower grades of oC beef beet steers and beef beet breed cows Th Tha spread in price is all ward up-ward duo to the Intensified demand for quality h by the consumers in tho the big industrial centers and cities inthe in tho the East who ho by hy their demand sot set the prices for cattle throughout the tho Intermountain mountain country The meat from the 6 G cent spread fat Cat cattle goes into the tho big Eastern cities and sells soIls often at spread duo due duoto duoto to quality or 01 often duo clue to weight of or 11 cents per pound or from 9 cents for common beef carcass up to 20 cents for choice This Tills is leaving out bah baby beef which often sells soIls still sUB higher Bulls Bulk of the retail butchers Inthe in inthe inthe the East buy huy beef in cuts not in full Cull carcasses The intensified diemand demand diemand die die- mand for certain cuts results in a avery avery avery very great difference In the price paid for different parts of a car cass sass As an all Instance meat rom from Iroma froma roma a beef steer sold livo In the River or Chicago markets often sells as ns Continued on pago page 1 4 I J Quality f R In Beef II i T 4 business f Continued from Ya page Jage 1 follows Loins from 26 to 30 cents to the l' l retailer Rounds and ribs at nt 20 to 23 ti w cents Chucks at G 6 G ti to 0 cents plate t. t meat 4 to 5 cents and ard often orten the forequarter at le ks tS is than the F live animal cost in cago This all comes from the heavy or light t demands of the consumer for certain certain certain tain cuts They want the steaks l land and roasts but stew moat is frequently era fre- J a drag and chucks bucks frequently frequently fre fre- have havo to be turned into corned beef for an outlet Demands in tine the East also are aro tending annually towards lighter weight cuts but bit of ot higher quality This Tunis has resulted in the tho development develop develop- ment of the baby hO beef f trade 1 With sharp daIr dairy y competition in a lower grade meats the beef cattle cattleman cattleman t man to secure profits must raise his average of quality above their competitors When he does this r rand and gets payment for his cattle b by Y grade there thero will be profit in either breeding or feeding operations but when he founts counts numbers ot of head hend for wei weight ht rather than quality i stock to secure the higher prices rO rOper per pound he adds add many cattle t tto to tho the common and nd medium beef bee supply which is over supplied al alfre al- al I I r ready d i p Stocker and feeder steers often r sold In Utah off the range can goto go goto goto to Denver or River markets and there after being boing graded up into their reorganized market grades are resold at a spread in price of ot 3 cents to 3 M cents per pound On Onan Onan Onan an pound steer this is la around 2500 2500 per head difference in price that can be realized of oft off of ot cattle on the same range requiring the same time care attention on and investment investment in- in In-B In vestment yet ret one end gets quality of sufficient value to really carry the unprofitable kind to the market yet had to be sold at a price at home lower than their market val ue in order to force the sale of at the he poorer beef type of f stock tock In the c per cen cent t of prod production Profits will come when the poor beef type calf or yearling or the cow cows producing that type of or calf are weeded from they the herd at the earliest possible moment and the stockman gives his time care feed and attention to those conforming conforming conforming con- con forming to market fita standards that a aare are bringing better prices paces L r Intensified demand demant Jor or certain t qualities known as ns beef type conformation con s formation breading and tion Lion has hns changed tho the requirements for successful cattle production production- I from one based on numbers to one one based on quality The prospects of at I next nett years after the recent liquidation liquida I tion lion and losses since since 1920 have I turned upward on good quality stock and cattlemen for or profit must concentrate on only the better quality stock |